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The Practice of No Practice

January 8, 2023 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

My current post, The Practice of No Practice, applying the Taoist practice of wei wu wei to golf can be found at golf360.substack.com.  Thank you for your attention. Hey, y’all, I’ve been busy writing another book. I just launched it on Amazon and I encourage you to purchase it. It has a number of elements […]

Filed Under: backswing, Balance, Downswing, Famous Golfers, Golf, golf and the mind, Meditation and Golf, mental game, Owning your swing, pace, Practice

Possibly the Oddest Golf Tip I’ve Ever Given

October 10, 2022 by Stephen Altschuler 1 Comment

So, I’m at the range the other day trying to figure out what to do with my swing that’s been driving me nuts lately, and I stumbled upon something that shocked the shit out of me. I finally realized that my swing is not the problem and never has been. You see, for a long […]

Filed Under: backswing, Balance, Downswing, Famous Golfers, Golf, inspiration in golf, mental game, Owning your swing, pace, Practice, Rhythm, Swing tips, The drive

Deconstructing Putting

July 10, 2022 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

This post can be found at golf360.substack.com. Enjoy!

Filed Under: backswing, British Open, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf, golf and the mind, Golf courses, links golf, Meditation and Golf, mental game, Patience, Putting, short game, slow play, St. Andrews, Swing tips, The Majors, Tiger Woods, Women's golf

The Laboratory (and a special announcement about this newsletter)

April 16, 2022 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

When I was 14 and just starting learning golf, I used to practice, during Philadelphia winters, with a Whiffle ball in our living room. Sort of half swings with a Bobby Jones blade 9 iron. I got pretty good knocking that Whiffle over the living room couch and against the curtains…until…one day…when I got a […]

Filed Under: Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf, Masters, mental game, Mindful golf, Practice, The Downswing, The Majors

What we can learn from…

February 20, 2022 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

Sahith Theegala had a great amateur career, won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour, but has never won on the PGA Tour, though he’s been in contention a couple times in this his rookie season. He drives to each tournament. His parents are immigrants from India. Sahith was born in Orange County, California. On Sunday […]

Filed Under: backswing, Confidence in golf, Course management, Downswing, Enlightened Golf, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf, golf and the mind, Golf Improvement, Golf professional, inspiration in golf, mental game, Mindful golf, Owning your swing, pace, Putting, short game, Suggestions for golf, The drive Tagged With: Bernhard Langer, Patrick Cantley, Sahith Theegala

Tiger and Charlie

December 22, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

For me, it was uplifting, in this time of doom and gloom, to see Tiger and his son playing golf at the PNC father/child event, as well as others like 86 year old Gary Player, 82 year old Lee Trevino, ageless Tom Watson, Henrik Stenson and his 11 year old son, and the eventual winners […]

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A Game for all Seasons…almost

November 6, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

Now I’m not suggesting you play golf as I did at 17 in Philly with temperatures hovering at 32 degrees, the ground frozen solid with patches of snow and ice on and around the creeks and ponds, and me wearing three sweatshirts, wool cap pulled down over my ears, and longjohns with heavy pants, with […]

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A Recently Discovered Secret to Solid Contact

September 19, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

The other day I attended a LPGA event south of Portland and I paused to watch one of the participants warming up at the range. Actually I was about to leave when her swing and its results caught my eye and my ear. The solid sound her irons made was captivating. I stopped and watched […]

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What we can learn from Patrick Cantley

September 6, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

Patrick “Iceman” Cantley may well be our modern Ben Hogan, who was also known as the “Iceman.” In the last two tournaments of 2021, Cantley took down two of the best in today’s game, Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm. Like David defeating Goliath, like the tortoise besting the hare, like the Trojan Horse deceiving and […]

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